Aztecs announce changes to 2013 football schedule

Stefanie Loh

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The Aztecs added an away game against New Mexico State to their 2013 non-conference slate Thursday, and will play the Aggies in Las Cruces, N.M. on Sept. 13. That game replaces a road contest against San Jose State, will has now been moved back to 2016.

The game against New Mexico State is half of a newly added home-and-home series, and the Aggies will repay the visit by coming to Qualcomm Stadium on Sept. 24, 2016.

The Aztecs also added a home-and-home series with Cal that begins in Berkeley in 2015 (Sept. 12). The two teams will play again at Qualcomm Stadium in 2016 (Sept. 10).

Additionally, the Aztecs extended their series with San Jose State, and will play the Spartans in three consecutive seasons, beginning in 2014. With next year’s game being moved back to 2016, SDSU and San Jose State will play in San Diego in 2014 (Sept. 13) and in San Jose in 2015 (Sept. 26) and 2016 (Sept. 17).

The Spartans have now won the last three games against SDSU, including this season's 38-34 win at Qualcomm.

The Aztecs lead their all-time series with New Mexico State, 8-1-1, and have won the past six meetings. In the last encounter between the two teams in 2010 in Las Cruces, SDSU beat the Aggies 41-21.

SDSU has not played Cal since 1996, where the Aztecs lost on the road, 42-37. Each team has won three games apiece in the series with the home team winning every time.

The Aztecs are expecting the Big East to release their full 2013 league schedule next week.